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pupil

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學生,門生,未成年人,瞳孔

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pupil \Pu"pil\, n. [F. pupille, n. fem., L. pupilla the pupil of
   the eye, originally dim. of pupa a girl. See {Puppet}, and
   cf. {Pupil} a scholar.] (Anat.)
   The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the
   eye. See the Note under {Eye}, and {Iris}.

   {Pin-hole pupil} (Med.), the pupil of the eye when so
      contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium
      poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. --Dunglison.

Pupil \Pu"pil\, n. [F. pupille, n. masc. & fem., L. pupillus,
   pupilla, dim. of pupus boy, pupa girl. See {Puppet}, and cf.
   {Pupil} of the eye.]
   1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an
      instructor or tutor.

            Too far in years to be a pupil now.   --Shak.

            Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.
                                                  --L'Estrange.

   2. A person under a guardian; a ward. --Dryden.

   3. (Civil Law) A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that
      is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a
      female.

   Syn: Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See {Scholar}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

pupil
     n 1: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
          [syn: {student}, {educatee}]
     2: contractile aperture in the iris of the eye
     3: a young person attending school (up through senior high
        school) [syn: {schoolchild}, {school-age child}]
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